Name: child node

Synonyms: child node, children node

Type: glossary

Description:
A <node> beneath another <node> in an <XML tree>. Any <node> can have
any number of child nodes.

A child node corresponds to an element that is enclosed in the 
<parent node>. 

References: node (glossary), XML tree (glossary), parent node (glossary)

Tags: text processing

